Rain

[cessna152towser]

Lucky you seeing the sun. I am sick depressed with these long lonely dark wet days, six hours of leaden grey skies and eighteen hours of darkness, I HATE this depressing winter weather, . If it would even be just a few degrees colder it might snow which would at least create some brightness with some white snow on the ground to reflect what limited sunlight gets through. I would much prefer to spend this time of year in sunnier climes, but patience will bring happier times again. I find myself counting the days till spring - when all the outdoor events begin again - roll on the first lambs and daffodils of springtime!

[skauwt]

well as my uncle always says(before a shift in a the pissing rain ) "your skin is waterproof"
some of us have to work in those conditions whether we want to out not you just have to make sure you have plenty of hot food/drinks and lots and lots and lots of humor to get you by ,
ever tried welding and digging post holes in the rain i dont recommend it if yer not getting wee shocks off the welder then yer arm is deep in water scrapping out the wet muck ,
nothing worse than soaking through top yer underpants just for a few extra quid

sounds like you have S.A.D alex ,i try combat S.A.D with plenty of natural light i dont fall for those gimmicks of spending 100 quid on natural daylight units but i do have two aquariums with 2 daylight natural bulbs in each tank given me that much needed extra light when times are dull

[Inchessi]

Looks like the river is just getting fast enough to kayak.

I agree, class II at least.

[Rob Wright]

Reminds me of february in the southern Cascades in Oregon.

Rob

[Ozark Ridge Rider]

Lucky you seeing the sun. I am sick depressed with these long lonely dark wet days, six hours of leaden grey skies and eighteen hours of darkness, I HATE this depressing winter weather, . If it would even be just a few degrees colder it might snow which would at least create some brightness with some white snow on the ground to reflect what limited sunlight gets through. I would much prefer to spend this time of year in sunnier climes, but patience will bring happier times again. I find myself counting the days till spring - when all the outdoor events begin again - roll on the first lambs and daffodils of springtime!

Spring will come, it always has. In the meantime, look at the bright side. In your preferred habiliment, deep water won't get your pantlegs wet.

[SteveB]

The electric company here has made a large profit off my meter as the sump pump has been running every day this year. Fortunately being at a higher elevation, it is only the sump pump dealing with a high water table, and not the coastal and low area flooding this past few weeks.
Though if the last weekend had been a bit colder, we would still be shoveling the white s*****.

[Pleater]

Another depression went over this morning - it is a long time since I saw rain coming down that hard.

I also saw poor pedestrians being half drowned by idiot drivers blasting past them through the water without slowing down.

I drove my daughter in law and grandson to the University - she is finishing her degree, and it was on the way back that it really started.

I could have carried eggs - odd how having the next but one generation in the back in their little car seat makes an extra few minutes driving time unimportant.

The sky is clear again and the sun shining.

I can buy daylight simulation energy saving light bulbs, which give a pure white light , for a sensible price. In the UK there has been quite an improvement in the energy saving bulbs since they were first introduced. They used to take some time to warm up but now most of the ones we have are replacements and they light up quickly. I buy fairly powerful ones, so it is possible to work in just about any room without turning on extra lighting.

I did wonder if the different supply in the US made it more difficult to make brighter energy saving lights, or if it is the legislation here in the UK - it is not legal to sell the old incandescent bulbs now, which has pushed the development of better bulbs.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[piperdbh]

I heard on NPR this afternoon that northern England's recent rains were the worst in not 100 years or even 500 years, but in 1,000 years, and the latest estimate is $2 million in damages, which will probably be even higher once it's all settled. The story only mentioned northern England, but from the looks of Alex's pictures the situation seems similar in southern Scotland. (I didn't intend that alliteration.)

[Pleater]

It is Thursday and still raining.

So how long, exactly, is a cubit - and was it seven or two for camelid animals?

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[cessna152towser]

It is Thursday and still raining.

Well here today in Hawick the low winter sun actually shone for a few hours, there were patches of blue sky and it did not rain. I think this has perhaps been the first dry day here since I came home from America on 14th October. I made the most of it and got out and about and I took Ann out into town in her wheelchair in the afternoon, three miles of pushing an adult in a wheelchair up and down our hilly streets is great exercise and a wonderful antidote for the winter blues and I think Ann thoroughly enjoyed getting out of the nursing home for three and a half hours.
The road down from the nursing home still has lots of water running down it towards the valley, the water is seeping from farmers' fields higher up the hill